Josh Holliday
- January 5, 2024
- Baseball Player
Quick Facts
Full Name | Josh Holliday |
Occupation | Baseball Player |
Date Of Birth | Sep 14, 1976(1976-09-14) |
Age | 48 |
Birthplace | Mesa |
Country | United States |
Birth City | Arizona |
Horoscope | Virgo |
Josh Holliday Biography
Name | Josh Holliday |
Birthday | Sep 14 |
Birth Year | 1976 |
Place Of Birth | Mesa |
Home Town | Arizona |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Virgo |
Parents | Tom Holliday |
Siblings | Matt Holliday |
Josh Holliday is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on September 14, 1976 in Mesa, Arizona, United States. Coach of the baseball team who took over as head coach for the Oklahoma State Cowboys in 2013 after working as an assistant at other schools, including Arizona State and Vanderbilt. In 2014, he led Oklahoma State to the conference regular season title and received as the Big 12 Conference Baseball Coach of the Year.
He as well as He and Dave Van Horn are both winners of the Big 12 Conference Baseball Coach of the Year Award. have both been awarded both the Big 12 Conference Baseball Coach of the Year Award.
The Minnesota Twins drafted Holliday in the 14th round after high school in 1995, but he did not sign. He instead attended Oklahoma State University (OSU) and played college baseball there for the Cowboys. He earned four varsity letters at OSU while playing in 256 games, second all-time with the Cowboys. He ranks highly in many statistical categories among Cowboy greats, placing seventh in home runs (HR) with 53, first in walks (BB) with 225, and in the top five in runs, hits, doubles, total bases, runs batted in (RBI), and hit by pitches.
In 1999 with the Class A short-season St. Catharines Stompers, Holliday produced a .902 on-base plus slugging (OPS) in 71 games. He batted .255, but managed to score 50 runs due in part to drawing 63 walks for a .439 on-base percentage. He also hit 13 doubles and 10 home runs for a .463 slugging percentage. The next season with the Class A Hagerstown Suns, his batting average slipped to .220 in 74 games, but his 52 BB placed his OBP at .381 and he scored 46 runs. His OBP in those two season was .410 in spite of a combined .237 batting average.
He is married as well as having children. The brother of his has been named All-Star MLB outfielder He has been married and has children. His brother is All-Star MLB outfielder Matt Holliday. His father Tom Holliday also coached at OSU.. The father of his son, Tom Holliday also coached at OSU.
Josh Holliday Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Baseball Player |
House | Living in own house. |
Josh Holliday is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Josh Holliday 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was selected to Minnesota’s Minnesota Twins out of high school in 1995, but chose to go to Oklahoma State instead. He played for several years playing in Minor Leagues, before starting his coaching career in the year 2001.
He was a coordinator of recruiting at Vanderbilt and put together the team that established the SEC record with wins of 26 wins in 2013.
Joshua S. Holliday (born September 14, 1976) is an American college baseball coach and former professional player in Minor League Baseball. Currently the head coach of the Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team, he was hired to this position prior to the 2013 season. In 2014, Holliday was the Big 12 Conference Baseball Coach of the Year as OSU claimed the conference regular season championship. Holliday’s Cowboys pulled OSU a little Cowboy baseball tradition out of the fire and faced Oklahoma on the final weekend of 2017. The team was in danger of missing out of the postseason for the 1st time in Holliday’s tenure at Oklahoma State. The Cowboys swept the instate rival Oklahoma Sooners (#2 seed going into region play) to claim the last and final spot as the 8th seed in the BigXII Championship. The Cowboys went back to their tradition and won just the 2nd Big 12 tournament in schools rich baseball history. The Cowboys won 16 straight Big 8 tournaments before the formation of the Big12. The Cowboys became the 1st eight seed (last seed) to win the conference championship and by doing so Holliday got his team in the NCAA postseason for the 5th time in his 5 years at the school. The season was full of injuries from top to bottom. Holliday and his associated Head Coach and current (2016) assistant coach of the year Rob Walton put together a pitching staff that was nothing short of magical. The Cowboys luck would run out as they were sent to the Arkansas Regional and went 0-2 losing game one to Regional champions Missouri State Bears on a two out bottom of the 9th walk off HR. Garrett Benge hit for the cycle for Holliday’s Cowboys but it wasn’t enough. Garrett McCain would be named 1st team all-American, the 25th in Cowboys history. He would one of five current Cowboys drafted in 2017, preceded by 11 from the 2016 College World Series club, giving Holliday 16 in 2 years. The Cowboys went on an end of the year run that had seen them lose six games in a row and face being the first Oklahoma State team to finish under .500 in 40 years. The Cowboys finished 30–27 on the year. A 6–5 victory over the Texas Longhorns would be Holliday’s 200th victory as the head coach of Oklahoma State.
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Who is Josh Holliday Dating?
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Facts & Trivia
Josh Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Josh Holliday celebrates birthday on September 14 of every year.
What is Josh Holliday salary?
CoachSchoolBase Salary
Beals, Greg| Ohio State| $311,874
Johnson, Skip| Oklahoma| $215,000
Holliday, Josh| Oklahoma State| $200,000
Horton, George| Oregon| $500,000
Who did Josh Holliday play for?
Holliday capped his four-year playing career at Oklahoma State by batting . 290 with 15 homers and 65 RBIs and leading the Cowboys to the 1999 College World Series. He was drafted in the ninth round by the Toronto Blue Jays in June 1999 and played professionally for two seasons before retiring in the summer of 2000.
How old is Josh Holliday?
46 years (September 14, 1976)
Is Josh and Matt Holliday related?
Holliday is a recent graduate of Stillwater High School in Oklahoma. While it’s unlikely he will make good on this, the younger Holliday is committed to play at Oklahoma State University, where his uncle Josh is head coach. Matt Holliday is a volunteer assistant coach Oklahoma State as well.
Did Josh Holliday play in the MLB?
Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 14th round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stillwater HS (Stillwater, OK) and the Toronto Blue Jays in the 9th round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK).